Allie

I am eventually doing the 15g all planted, with the 3 Ottos. I would like to add a nice not too aggressive tetra to the tank.
I have have kept: Black skirts, Lemons, Diamonds, Neons, Glowlights, Black neons, Silver tips and buck toothed.
Which ones would be good for a 15g? I like the neons b/c of the blue & red...they look awesome in a planted out tank....but anything else?
What about black phantoms (on sale at our lfs for $2.88)...they don't get as big as the black skirts but do they fight as much as black skirts do with each other?
Which one to do you tetra lovers recommend? I will see what other species are available here and see if I can find info on them.
Any suggestions for the 15g would be appreciated.

Tom

How about cardinal tetras instead of the neons? And for the other tetras, how about emperor tetras, or red blue columbian tetras, or pristella tetras? Those are all great tetras.
Tom

Allie

Neons are $5-7 each here and Cardinals are like $12....that would be the only thing stopping me. Would 5 or 6 be okay? I love all the ones you've suggested.
My 4 diamond tetra hated the 15g, but they spent most of their lives in the 120g...so they were probably just a bit poed to be in such a small tank lol.
Anyone have experience with the black phantoms?

mlinden84

wow, why are they so much there? Around here Neons are under $1 (my fav fish store has them for 88 cents each or 15/$10.)
LoL, want me to ship you some?

mathas

Had I gone with a tetra in my tank, it would have been rummynose or bleeding heart. Have you considered either of those?

Allie

We do get a a lot of 5/$5 sales with neons here. But not in awhile.
I believe they mark up the fish much more than they should at this particular pet store.

Tom

Wow, $12. Here the cardinals are the same price as the neons, which is like $3-4 each. But that makes sense for the price. But I still like the idea of columbian tetras, or emperor tetras.
Tom

Allie

I thought I saw emperors at our lfs recently...I'll check them out.
I have always like those ones.

Tom

I have a school of 9 of them and they just look great schooling with my cardinals. So go for it.
Tom

Allie

Thanks for the suggestions.
I can't wait until this parasite business is all over with...so we can have nice tanks with healthy fish.
I have a few quarantine tanks set up for when the time comes.

Tom

No problem, I like helping fellow Canadians. But helping everyone else is fun too.
Tom

Allie

DarkRevoultions

Yehp I got a bit of experience with them.

1. DON'T KEEP THEM WITH OSCARS!

2. Give them an amount of food that they can finish within 30 sec to 1 min.

Also, I do water changes every 3 days, and siphon the tank at least once a week.

I have a lot of plants in my tank, and they are live so they can help absorb the nitrate and nitrite levels in my tank

Also, when you first get them, they could be shy just give them a few hrs to a day or two, and then they should be fine.

I bought some Rams they are non aggressive that is why I can keep them in with my angels and other community/semi-aggressive fishes

Allie

Who would keep tetra with an Oscar? Thanks for the advice tho...
I have decided on Emperor tetra back in the summer when this post was made.